PROPOSALS FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY, VOLUMES AND REVENUES FROM NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS A PRESENTATION TO NIGER STATE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE BY NICERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECOCERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
PROPOSAL 1: SETTING QUALITY AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE NSMA HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SETTING STANDARDS THAT WILL • ENHANCE GROWTH OF THE NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. INTERNATIONAL FOOD STANDARDS WILL INCREASE NIGER State’s PARTICIPATION IN • INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE. THE FAO/WHO/WTO COLLABORATION ON THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, TECHNICAL BARRIERS • TO TRADE AND SANITARY PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES COMMITTEES AS A BASIS FOR SETTING HARMONIOUS AND UNIFORM STANDARDS ACROSS THE WORLD.. GLOBAL GAP AND NIGERIAN GAP – UNIDO/SON/NAFDAC TAKING OVER – COMPARE WITH • THE USDA COLABORATION WITH THE FDA TO PRODUCE THE FSMA EU 2019 REGULATION ON PLANT LIFE • TRADE IS BASED ON RECIPROCITY AND NIGERIA SHOULD RESPOND • NIGER STATE can take the initiative to instigate a national awkening for obvious reasons – • including 10% on Nigerian land mass ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL • PRODUCE GENERALLY BY SETTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR AGRICULTURE AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD TODAY FOR SAFEST PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION/USE AND FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. NICERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECOCERT WILLING TO ASSIST THE NSMATO DEVELOP THE • ORGANIC STANDARDS that meet international standards..
• CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT • Defined • Conformity assessment, according to the definition of ISO/IEC 17000, is the 'demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, body are fulfilled'. It involves sampling, inspection, testing and certification as a means of giving assurance to the parties of a transaction that the product, process, system, body or person does in fact conform to the requirements of a standard.
PROPOSAL 2 : INCREASING MARKET SHARE FOR NIGER STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS IN LUCRATIVE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS THROUGH CONFORMITY ASSESMENT AND CERTIFICATION WITH COMMERCIAL AND LEGAL STANDARDS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION • Certification is A CONFIRMATION BY AN ACCREDITED 3 RD • PARTY OF CONFORMITY WITH CERTAIN SET STANDARDS. Any entity conducting a business for which a standard • exists may ask to have its products or services certified by a certification body, such as Ecocert. THESE STANDARDS CAN BE QUALITY OR ETHICAL • STANDARDS SUCH CERTIFICATION IS USUALLY PRECEEDED BY A PROCESS • OF CONSULTANCY (TO SET UP THE NECESSARY QMP & QMS THAT GUARANTEE CONSISTENT ONFORMITY WITH THOSE STANDARDS) AND ASSESSMENT BY INSPECTORS/AUDITORS. Certification is awarded for a limited period, • during which the certifying body carries out monitoring.
STANDARDS SET BY INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR IMPORTS MAY BE COMMERCIAL OR LEGAL COMMERCIAL STANDARDS CERTIFIABLE COMMODITIES • ` These commercial standards contain quality and ethical requirements. • Nigerian products may CONFORM WITH THE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND • FAIL on the ethical requirements.
Legal Standards The statutory/LEGAL standards often major on quality requirements. • The Statutory Standards are often prescribed by statutory bodies such as the USDA (Ministry of • Agric), the FDA (NAFDAC) & The European commission. The USDA has quality standards for each and every commodity that apply equally to locally produced and imported agricultural products into the USA. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) • Eu plant regulation 2019 •
CASE STUDY 1: GINGER
PRICES IN THE MARKET From the 2017 reports on ginger In the international market, a tonne of ginger generated between $6,000 and $7,000 dollars. In Nigeria however, a tonne stood at $3,500. Ginger has gained a permanent place in many kitchens, thus boosting the demand. For the Nigerian exporters, transport is a challenge. Moreover, the country’s production is not well known or recognized ( www.freshplaza.com/170078/OVERVIEW-GLOBAL-GINGER-MARKET ). This is attributable to its not coming with the required standard and certification.
WORLD MARKET FOR GINGER World top exporters of ginger include: China, India, Nigeria, Jamaica and Sierra Leone. Thus ginger is an important Nigerian export crop. The major market destinations are the UK, USA, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Germany and the Middle East. Nigerian ginger however is only formally exported to China, Chad, Sudan and Ghana while the remaining is sold mainly in the northern states, especially to Sokoto, Borno, Kebbi, Kano and Zamfara states. According to Daily Trust Newspspaper Mar 3 2016 THUS GINGER FROM NIGERIA IS YET TO ENTER THE LUCRATIVE MARKETS LISTED ABOVE.
RECOMMENDATION • THE NIGERIAN GINGER PRODUCERS WILL BENEFIT MORE FROM GLOBAL GAP CERTIFICATION, BECAUSE IN THE LUCRATIVE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, THERE IS A HUGE AND GROWING DEMAND FOR GINGER CERTIFIED FOR CONFORMITY WITH GLOBAL G.A.P. OR ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS.
CASE STUDY 2: CASHEW
“Out of the 220,000 tonnes of exported raw cashew nuts, Vietnam accounted for 181,753 tonnes, while 38,247 tonnes went to India, China and other countries in the last 11 months.” Mr Sotonye Anga - President of The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) in 2017.
European markets offers opportunities for exporters of cashew nuts The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom are currently the largest import markets and they offer good opportunities for developing countries exporters of cashew nuts. European imports of cashew nuts into Europe increased annually by an average rate of 17% in value in the last five years and reached €1.3 billion. The leading developing country supplier of cashew nuts to Europe is Vietnam, followed by India. The Netherlands is the third largest supplier of re-exported cashews.
Market Segment for Organic Cashew Nut Organic Cashew nut is in high demand in the following countries; North America, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Asia- Pacific region, Japan and the Middle East. The current market price for raw organic cashew nuts is $4000 per ton while the conventional cashew nuts is sold for $2400.0-2400.0 / Tons. Grade: W320 Credit: Alibaba.com Note: The general certifications needed for export of cashew nuts to Europe and North America are Organic certification for organic products or Fair Trade certification for conventional products.
Certifications Required In European countries, The most common certification schemes accepted on the European markets are IFS ( International Freatured Standard), FSSC22000 ( The FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification. FSSC 22000 is fully recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and is based on existing ISO Standards) and BRC. Environmental protection, organic and fair-trade certification schemes are other certification required too.
PROPOSAL 3: PROTECTING AND INCREASING ORGANIC IN THE WILD HARVESTS FOR EXPORT “Wild collected products are mainly products with a food, cosmetic or medicinal use that are collected in the wild. There is no final and appropriate definition of the term, and many other terms are used for similar kind of products, like for instance “biodiversity products”, “natural products” or “non-wood forest products”. Such products may be used as, for example ; • Ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. • Food and food additives (e.g. edible nuts, mushrooms, fruits, game, herbs, spices, fish, sweeteners). • Fibres(alternative wood sources like rattan and bamboo, e.g. used in furniture, clothing, construction or utensils), detergents and other industry product ingredients. A wide diversity of wild plant species are used and traded for medicinal purposes. About 440,000 t of medicinal and aromatic plants were traded internationally in 1996, with a reported value of USD 1.3 billion. More than 2,000 medicinal and aromatic plant species are used commercially in Europe. Approximately 90% of all medicinal and aromatic plants harvested in Europe are collected from the wild, with Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region being the main suppliers1. Concern about sustainability of collection has arisen with increased trade in wild collected products. As demand for wild collected products increase, harvesting may increasingly become unsustainable. Organic certification has the potential to contribute to increased sustainability of collection as well as offering many producers new marketing opportunities and higher prices. The demand for organic wild collected products is significant. Products for direct food consumption, such as berries, nuts, mushrooms and a large number of herbs are the main items. There is also a growing interest for organic products in the body care and medicinal herb sectors. However, statistics on the production and marketing of organic wild collected products are very scarce.” OVERVIEW OF WORLD PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC WILD COLLECTED PRODUCTS Organic
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